title: Recurrent Bell's palsy in a young woman.
abstract: Bell's palsy is a benign lower motor neuron facial nerve disorder. It is almost always unilateral. We report a 20-year-old nulliparous woman with five episodes of recurrent Bell's palsy. A review of recent medical literature revealed a paucity of case reports involving an individual with five episodes of recurrent Bell's palsy, with none found in Asian neurology medical literature. Despite the multiple episodes of Bell's palsy recurrences, the patient did not suffer much neurological sequelae from the disease.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, International Islamic University Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine, PO Box 141, Kuantan 25710, Malaysia. harrisngow@gmail.com
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ngow
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Wan Khairina
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Hamidon
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000494:pharmacology; D000328:Adult; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000150:complications; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000494:pharmacology; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone; D000212:Acyclovir